Worth Watching #45

This is just a short but sweet clip of a BO-105 in an excellent camo livery. Update: Because I didn’t go with gut feeling, this post used to refer to an Alouette III. D’oh.

Worth Watching #25

BO-105 involved in what is likely seismic research for oil or gas in Suriname. Nice move leaving the equipment on the landing pad. It looks like he is trying to wave off the pilot? Moving the equipment out of the way is going to be easier than aborting a landing I’d think. Per comments from [...]

Worth Watching #11

Forward flip in a BO-105. Enough said. Check out the rest of the Worth Watching series here VTOLBLOG HOME

Mercy Flight BO-105C Makes Emergency Landing

A Batavia based Mercy Flight helicopter had to make an emergency landing at the Buffalo airport yesterday. Nobody was injured in the incident and there was one patient on board at the time. That patient was transported by ambulance the rest of the way to ECMC. I don’t see a preliminary report from the FAA [...]

BO-105 Crash Caught On Video During SAR Training

A BO-105 crashed with five on board yesterday near Marina Beach in Indonesia. It was involved in search and rescue training when the helicopter flew too low and one of the skids caught the water. Three aboard the aircraft were injured. I was going to write about this story yesterday but there was far too [...]